The characteristics of women who applied for menstrual regulation to the adana state hospital

This study intends to describe the family planning practices and intentions of 300 women applaying for abortion to a hospital in Adana. The findings show that 224 (%74.7) of the women had not been using effective family planning methods before abortion, 22 (%7.3) not making use of any methods and 202 (%67.3) benefiting from coitus interruptus (C.I.) of the total 300 women 19 (%6.3) had IUD and 37 (%6.7) had been taking oral contraceptives. în general, the women declared intentions to use effectiv methods after abortion. Of the 224 (%74.7) women who had been previouslyusing traditional methods; 145 (%64.7) declared preferences of IUD. Of the 202 women (%67.3) benefiting from CÎ 134 (%66.3) planned to use IUD and 20 (%9.9) to use oral contraceptives, 27 (%13.3) women planned to have Lubal Ligation. There were 22 (%7.3) women who had not used any method before the pregnency; two of these women (%9.1) did not want to use any methods after abortion and 3 (%13.6) intended to benefit from CI. Key Words: Abortion, Induced Abortion, Family Planning, Contraception. Fertility, MR (Menstural Regulation).